Senior Platform Engineer

Our Client

Our client is a technology consulting company with strong expertise in digital transformation covering areas such as software development infrastructure data QA and low-code solutions. They support clients across multiple industries by delivering scalable high-quality tech solutions. The company has a solid presence in Portugal and operates internationally.

Role Overview

We are looking for an IT Platform Engineer with strong expertise in infrastructure automation hybrid cloud environments Infrastructure as Code and platform modernization to join a global Corporate Design & Development team. The main focus of this role is to build maintain and continuously improve a highly automated cloud environment leveraging DevOps practices and platform engineering principles.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering

• Design implement and operate reliable infrastructure solutions primarily within AWS and Nutanix environments ensuring high availability scalability and security;

Automation & Scripting

• Develop and maintain automation using tools and languages such as Python Bash PowerShell Ansible or Rundeck;
• Build REST APIs and automated workflows for infrastructure provisioning and management;

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Apply IaC frameworks such as Terraform AWS CloudFormation or CDK to standardize and automate cloud and hybrid environment deployments;

Infrastructure Optimization

• Modernize legacy systems by migrating and optimizing them for cloud environments improving performance cost-efficiency and reliability;

Collaboration

• Work closely with service delivery data analytics integration teams and architects to ensure a consistent and secure infrastructure ecosystem;

Documentation & Best Practices

• Produce and maintain technical documentation operational standards and best practices to ensure consistency compliance and scalability across the infrastructure landscape.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Platform Engineer Infrastructure Automation Engineer or DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on automation and scripting;
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform CloudFormation or CDK;
• Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud environments and AWS services (e.g. EC2 RDS ECS ELB Lambda);
• Experience with Nutanix is considered a strong advantage.
• Fluent in English.

Technical Skills

• Scripting: Python Bash PowerShell Ansible or Rundeck;
• CI/CD and pipelines: familiarity with Git and DevOps practices;
• Containerization (nice to have): Docker Kubernetes;
• Linux administration (plus).

Education

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Engineering or a related field.

Soft Skills

• Autonomous curious and innovation-driven mindset;
• Strong problem-solving skills in complex global environments;
• Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and evolving scenarios.